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Your average online gamer who is bilingual in Chinese and English, although he does try to play Japanese and Korean games sometimes. Online gaming since 1999, and has worked in the online gaming and mobile gaming industry (Journalist, Game Master, Community Manager, Operations Manager) since 2008.

Iris Online Interview – Reveal your fortune

Iris Online is North American publishers, gPotato’s latest MMORPG to be added in its stable. Developed by Korean studio, Eyasoft, the game’s main selling point will be its unique tarot card system and diverse class advancement system. Iris Online will…

From 2010 to 2011 and beyond

Wall of text alert! I was hesitating if I should post a summary of what 2010’s online gaming industry was like to me, as my blog ain’t really big and I am not exactly a professional writer who writes a few…

Rumor – Ultima Online 2 back on track?

Before carry on reading, please do note that this is currently still a rumor with nothing concrete from official sources. The logo you see above was the original one for Ultima Online 2 a few years back, which was ultimately canned…

Zombie Online – A brief preview

A few days back, I posted about Zombie Online, one of the upcoming MMOs to hit the Korean market. More information has since been released, and let’s take a brief look at them. The classes found in the game were…

Zone 4: Fight District – Open Beta trailer

Well, I do know that the English server has been up for some time, but surprisingly, the Korean server, hosted by Nexon, has just gone into the Open Beta phase today. The game aside, I was more intrigued by the…

MapleStory – Technological Age update

Well, you can either call the update Technological Age or Age of Technology, I think everyone gets the meaning. This is actually the 2nd part of the Chaos expansion mentioned earlier, with the new crafting skills added into the game.…

Age of Wulin – Shaolin trailer

If you did not know, Age of Wulin, originally known as Project 9, will be published by gPotato Europe. One of the many martial arts MMOs to preparing to launch an attack in 2011, the game features 8 different clans…

TERA Korea readies for Open Beta

Ah yes, the magical date is approaching. TERA Korea will be entering its Open Beta phase on 11th January 2011 if you did not know, just in time to test out my new gaming rig (spending a bomb on it).…

RIFT: Collector’s Edition… Something fishy?

While I have been following the game since it was first announced as Heroes of Telara, RIFT has since entered the beta phase a few weeks ago. Being a Pay to Play (P2P) MMORPG, the free test period gives players…

SD Gundam Online heading to Southeast Asia

There are not many MMO news I found interesting these few days, as most companies have already announced them and awaiting the betas in early 2011. I manage to find out something interesting and official. CJ Internet, one of the larger MMO…

Playing now – Raydian Online

If you used to, or still are, going to the gaming arcades, you will love this game. Taking on the classic shooter genre, Raydian Online is a new MMO which emerged as a sleeper hit in the Chinese gaming world.…

LuniaZ introduces Iris the Flame Witch

LuniaZ, the Korean server hosted by MMO giant, Nexon, has revealed a major winter content update for the game, which was updated into the server yesterday, 23rd December. First of all, a new character, Iris Lyndall the Flame Witch, will…

Rockman Online – Poster of playable characters released

Well, this was poster was just posted a few hours ago by Rockman Online’s developer, Neowiz Games. While the few sentences attached only wrote out Christmas greetings, I can’t help but wonder if these 4 will remain as the core…

IGG teases artwork for Age of Titan

If you have not read my previous posts, Age of Titan is an upcoming MMO by I Got Games, more commonly known as IGG. Other than the main storyline and a CG trailer, not much is yet known about the…